Английская Википедия:2020 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR
The 2020 Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was a sports car race sanctioned by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). The race was held at Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia on August 22, 2020. This race was the fifth round of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the fourth round of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.
The overall race was won by the #3 Corvette Racing team of Antonio García and Jordan Taylor, the duo's third and the team's fourth victories of the season. In GTD, Bill Auberlen collected his record-breaking 61st career IMSA victory, as Turner Motorsport scored their first class victory of the season.[1]
Background
Then International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president Scott Atherton confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in August 2019.[2] It was the seventh consecutive year it was part of the IMSA SCC. The Michelin GT Challenge at VIR was the fifth of eleven sports car races of 2020 by IMSA, and the fourth of seven races on the WeatherTech Sprint Cup.[3] The race was held at the Шаблон:Convert Virginia International Raceway on August 22, 2020.[4] Much like in previous years, the event was a GT only round, in which the GTLM and GTD classes were scheduled to compete.[5] Due to a clash with the Indianapolis 500, the event was moved from August 23, 2020, to August 22, 2020.[6]
Due to Virginia's COVID-19 gathering restrictions, fans were barred from attendance for the first time this season.[7] The previous three rounds had limited attendance, but the VIR round was the first to outright prevent any fans from entering the grounds. Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy entered the race as defending champions, although only Tandy participated in the 2020 iteration.[8]
On August 14, 2020, IMSA released the latest technical bulleting, outlining the BoP for the race.[9] In GTLM, the BMW M8 GTE received a five kilogram weight reduction, while the Corvette and Porsche received 20 kilogram weight increases. The Porsche also received a five-liter fuel capacity increase. In GTD, the Audi received a 20 kilogram weight reduction, while the Lexus (which had won the previous three events) had 15 kilograms of ballast added to its total weight.
Before the race, Antonio García and Jordan Taylor led the GTLM Drivers' Championship with 130 points, ahead of Earl Bamber and Laurens Vanthoor with 120 points, and Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner with 117 points.[10] With 87 points, Jack Hawksworth led the GTD Drivers' Championship, 1 point ahead of Townsend Bell and Frankie Montecalvo in second followed by Aaron Telitz in third.[10] Chevrolet and Lexus were leading their respective Manufactures' Championships while Corvette Racing and AIM Vasser Sullivan each led their own Teams' Championships.[10]
Entries
Шаблон:Further A total of 20 cars took part in the event, split across two classes. 6 were entered in GTLM, while 14 were entered in GTD.[11] The lone change from the previous round was the return of Paul Miller Racing's Lamborghini Huracan, which had been absent since the opening race at Daytona.[12]
Practice
There were two practice sessions preceding the start of the race on Saturday, both on Friday. The first session lasted one hour on Friday morning while the second session lasted 75 minutes on Friday afternoon.[13]
Practice 1
The first practice session took place at 8:00 am ET on Friday and ended with Laurens Vanthoor topping the charts for Porsche GT Team, with a lap time of 1:41.550.[14] The GTD class was topped by the #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 of Jack Hawksworth with a time of 1:45.264. Patrick Long was second in the Wright Motorsports entry and Bryan Sellers rounded out the top 3.[15] The session was red flagged four minutes in after Roman De Angelis in the #23 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin hit the barrier at turn 4.[16]
Шаблон:Tooltip | Class | Шаблон:Tooltip | Team | Driver | Time | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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1 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Laurens Vanthoor | 1:41.550 | _ |
2 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Nick Tandy | 1:41.936 | +0.386 |
3 | GTLM | 3 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García | 1:42.036 | +0.486 |
Sources:[17][18] |
Practice 2
The second and final practice session took place at 12:00 pm ET on Friday and ended with Oliver Gavin topping the charts for Corvette Racing, with a lap time of 2:03.700.[19] Aaron Telitz set the fastest time in GTD.[19] Twelve of the twenty entries did not get a time in due to heavy rain.[19]
Шаблон:Tooltip | Class | Шаблон:Tooltip | Team | Driver | Time | Шаблон:Tooltip |
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1 | GTLM | 4 | Corvette Racing | Oliver Gavin | 2:03.700 | _ |
2 | GTLM | 912 | Porsche GT Team | Laurens Vanthoor | 2:04.385 | +0.685 |
3 | GTLM | 911 | Porsche GT Team | Frédéric Makowieck | 2:04.818 | +1.118 |
Sources:[20][21] |
Qualifying
Qualifying was broken into Qualifying was broken into two sessions.[13] The first was for cars in GTD class. Corey Fergus qualified on pole for the class driving the #76 car for Compass Racing, beating Robby Foley in the Turner Motorsport entry by less than one-tenth of a second. The #12 Lexus of Frankie Montecalvo was third followed by Matt McMurry in the #86 Acura.[22]
The final session of qualifying was for the GTLM class. Frédéric Makowiecki qualified on pole driving the #911 car for Porsche GT Team, beating teammate Laurens Vanthoor in the sister #912 Porsche GT Team entry by over one-tenth of a second.[23][24]
Qualifying results
Pole positions in each class are indicated in bold and by Шаблон:Double-dagger.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 3 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 4 Corvette Racing entry was moved to the back of the GTLM field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 74 Riley Motorsports entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 30 Team Hardpoint entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
- Шаблон:Ref The No. 44 GRT Magnus entry was moved to the back of the GTD field after the team elected to change tires after qualifying.
Race
Post-race
With a total of 165 points, García and Taylor's victory allowed them to increase their advantage over Bamber and Vanthoor in the GTLM Drivers' Championship to 29 points.[27] The result kept Hawksworth atop the GTD Drivers' Championship while Farnbacher and McMurry advanced from fourth to second. Foley and Auberlen jumped from ninth to fifth.[27] Chevrolet and Lexus continued to top their respective Manufacturers' Championships while Corvette Racing and AIM Vasser Sullivan kept their respective advantages in the their respective of Teams' Championships with six rounds remaining in the season.[27]
Results
Class winners are denoted in bold and Шаблон:Double-dagger.
Standings after the race
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Briscoe Шаблон:Flagicon Renger van der Zande |
124 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais Шаблон:Flagicon João Barbosa |
118 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Jarvis Шаблон:Flagicon Tristan Nunez |
117 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Pipo Derani | 115 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jonathan Bomarito Шаблон:Flagicon Harry Tincknell |
112 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Cameron Cassels | 64 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Patrick Kelly | 63 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Henrik Hedman | 61 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Dwight Merriman Шаблон:Flagicon Kyle Tilley |
60 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Spencer Pigot | 35 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Antonio García Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Taylor |
165 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Earl Bamber Шаблон:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor |
146 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Gavin Шаблон:Flagicon Tommy Milner |
145 |
4 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon Frédéric Makowiecki Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Tandy |
143 |
5 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon John Edwards Шаблон:Flagicon Jesse Krohn |
141 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Driver | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Jack Hawksworth | 115 |
2 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Mario Farnbacher Шаблон:Flagicon Matt McMurry |
115 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Aaron Telitz | 112 |
4 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon Townsend Bell Шаблон:Flagicon Frankie Montecalvo |
108 |
5 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 4 | Шаблон:Flagicon Robby Foley Шаблон:Flagicon Bill Auberlen |
107 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R | 124 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #5 Mustang Sampling Racing / JDC-Miller MotorSports | 118 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #77 Mazda Motorsports | 117 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #31 Whelen Engineering Racing | 115 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #55 Mazda Motorsports | 112 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #38 Performance Tech Motorsports | 64 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports | 63 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #81 DragonSpeed USA | 61 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #18 Era Motorsport | 60 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #8 Tower Motorsport by Starworks | 28 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #3 Corvette Racing | 165 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #912 Porsche GT Team | 146 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #4 Corvette Racing | 145 |
4 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #911 Porsche GT Team | 143 |
5 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #24 BMW Team RLL | 141 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Team | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon #14 AIM Vasser Sullivan | 115 |
2 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon #86 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian | 115 |
3 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #12 AIM Vasser Sullivan | 108 |
4 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon #96 Turner Motorsport | 107 |
5 | Файл:1downarrow red.svg 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon #16 Wright Motorsports | 104 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
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1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Cadillac | 134 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Mazda | 129 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Acura | 125 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Chevrolet | 170 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon BMW | 159 |
3 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche | 156 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari | 28 |
Шаблон:Tooltip | +/– | Manufacturer | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Lexus | 122 |
2 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Acura | 121 |
3 | Файл:1uparrow green.svg 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon BMW | 113 |
4 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Porsche | 110 |
5 | Файл:1rightarrow blue.svg | Шаблон:Flagicon Lamborghini | 108 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
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